Births

1940 - Chuck Close - American photorealist. Close was dyslexic and had problems recognizing faces. Ironically, he is most known for his self-portraits.[2]

Deaths

1838 - Jean Marc Gaspard Itard - French physician. Itard was credited with describing the first case of Tourette syndrome in Marquise de Dampierre, a woman of nobility. He also invented the Eustachian catheter, which is sometimes known as "Itard's catheter".[3]